The #MeToo movement has underscored a truth women in entertainment have long known: Whether you’re an entry-level production assistant or a veteran filmmaker, you will routinely face gender discrimination, sexual harassment—or worse. COM alums are no exception. They’ve been designated the office gopher because of their gender, experienced unwanted physical advances from coworkers and bosses—and been told… Read More
Brian Engles (’13), a graduate of the film and television program, has written his first novel, Wildball, published in April by Black Rose Writing. How long have you known that you’ve wanted to be an author? Are you still interested in a career in film and television? I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was a… Read More
At the Boston Redstones on March 31st, Wes Palmer (’17) nabbed top prize for directing The Boswell Incident, a science-fiction comedy about a young deputy sheriff forced to launch an investigation after her ex-boyfriend’s brother is abducted by aliens. The film, which drew the most laughs of the evening, also won best screenplay, by Luke… Read More
The College of Communication is ranked 13th for “Top 25 Best Film Schools in America” by the Hollywood Reporter. Here at COM, we strive to disrupt the status quo. Home to three alumna who are at the top of the Women in Entertainment Power 100 list, breaking gender barriers has distinguished us from other schools. “So many women in the audience,” said Bonnie Arnold (COM’78)… Read More
College of Communication Professor Charlotte Howell has been selected to participate in the Television Academy Foundation’s 2017 Faculty Seminar Program. Members of the Television Academy selected just 25 professors from colleges and universities nationwide for the annual program. The faculty fellows will gain the latest information on the television and content development industries from top… Read More
“Good Time,” written by Josh Safdie (’07) and Ronald Bronstein (’08), is a bitterly realistic drama with only one leap out of the narrative framework into a flashback, but, in its images and its tone, it streaks and smears and shreds the screen with a sense of furious subjectivity—that of its characters and of its… Read More
It starts with a sound: footsteps on a metal staircase, or the choke of an engine. A siren’s wail follows, or an eerie xylophone. Then a voice comes in with an ominous message. No more than 15 seconds has passed, but looking away is no longer an option. That’s the goal for Adam Finkelstein (COM’09),… Read More
Sure, The Americans is about a couple of KGB spies. But executive producer Stephen Schiff told the audience at last Friday night’s BU Cinematheque that the FX series is really about much more: it’s about us. “There’s a lot of skullduggery and spycraft and people doing nasty, nasty things to one another,” Schiff said. “But it’s really… Read More
Nothing could stop Borderline at Friday night’s 37th annual Redstone Film Festival, not even an errant fire alarm in the Tsai Performance Center that temporarily halted the film halfway through its screening. Despite that five-minute interruption, Borderline, directed by Emily Sheehan, took home the best film and several technical awards for its gritty depiction of… Read More
During BU’s 2017 spring break, while many were taking the time to rest and recoup from the rigors of mid-terms, six students from the College of Communications chose to spend a long, intense week working in Mayan villages in the hills high above Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. While they were making a video about a… Read More